The big topic of interoperability is a big challenge for the robotic industry and something that Meili is aiming to fix. Meili Robots is based in Copenhagen, Denmark is a startup company that provides a universal fleet management system for mobile robots. Their focus is in distribution centers and the last mile of delivery.

The promise of Meili is to control your fleet of various robot types and makes on one platform, with automated allocation of jobs to the robots. The company is robot agnostic, and they don't care what is being transported.

Aldus von der Burg is the founder and CEO. In our conversation we talk about:

The last mile of automation

The advantage of being a startup and being robot agnostic

The future of data

The challenge of overlapping software in the autonomous robot deployment space

Fun fact: Meili Robots is named after the lesser-known brother of the Norse god Thor, and allegedly the god of travel.

If you are operating a distribution center and would like to get in touch with Meili or Aldus, you can find him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aldus-von-der-burg-15287941/ and if you would like to find out more about the company, https://www.linkedin.com/company/meilirobots/ and https://www.meilirobots.com/about and [email protected]

Thanks to our Aldus, and our partners, A3 The Association for Advancing Automation, PaintedRobot and our sponsor, Ehrhardt Automation Systems.

Enjoy the podcast!

Jim Beretta | Customer Attraction | The Robot Industry Podcast

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Key words and terms for this podcast: AGVs, AMR, Autonomous Mobile Robot, The Last Mile of Delivery, Robots, Meili Robots, Aldus von der Burg, Ehrhardt Automation Systems, #therobotindustrypodcast, [email protected]